Matthew 6:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

Thine

If

General references

Leviticus 13:29

Romans 1:22

Bible References

Thine

Isn't it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'

They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.

covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts;

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

If

"Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Turn to the law and to the testimony! If they don't speak according to this word, surely there is no morning for them.

"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."

How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.

He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'

Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,

For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

General references

"When a man or woman has a plague on the head or on the beard,

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,